MSN Article: "What baby's name says about you"

anniebugg

 On MSN today: 

 https://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40452893/ns/today-parenting/?GT1=43001

anniebugg

Okay, I don't post often but MSN has a few gems today An article linked below the one above also has good info, this one's "Good or Bad, Baby Names Have Lasting Effects" 

Here's the link:

https://www.livescience.com/culture/baby-names-effects-100610.html

Here are some highlights: 

- Boys with names traditionally given to girls are more likely to misbehave than their counterparts with masculine names ... Girls given boy names also see an effect.

- Names that sound as though they came from a family of low socioeconomic status, might be tagged as less capable of achieving, for instance.

- Accumulating research has shown a strong link between a person's like or dislike of his or her name and high and low self-esteem.

- Children with a deviant spelling of a common name tended to have slowed spelling and reading capabilities.

alliejo725

anniebugg:

Okay, I don't post often but MSN has a few gems today An article linked below the one above also has good info, this one's "Good or Bad, Baby Names Have Lasting Effects" 

Here's the link:

https://www.livescience.com/culture/baby-names-effects-100610.html

Here are some highlights: 

- Boys with names traditionally given to girls are more likely to misbehave than their counterparts with masculine names ... Girls given boy names also see an effect.

- Names that sound as though they came from a family of low socioeconomic status, might be tagged as less capable of achieving, for instance.

- Accumulating research has shown a strong link between a person's like or dislike of his or her name and high and low self-esteem.

- Children with a deviant spelling of a common name tended to have slowed spelling and reading capabilities.

I want to put ALL of that in my siggy! Seriously!

anniebugg

I want to put ALL of that in my siggy! Seriously!

 Couldn't agree more! 

macchiatto

Interesting articles! Thanks for posting.

Five_letter

Can we make this a sticky post?